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ADDRESS OF THE TRUSTEES 



UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 



THE PUBLIC. 



WHEN the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania re- 
organized the Collegiate Department, and obtained for it pro- 
fessors of high and established reputation for learning and abi- 
lity, they entertained a confident belief that it would deserve 
and receive the patronage of the public, and flourish with re- 
newed vigour and usefulness. They were, nevertheless, aware 
that the experiment, however promising, might fail, and, there- 
fore, thought it better to wait for the fulfilment of their hopes, 
before they attempted to impart their confidence to their fellow 
citizens. Twelve months have elapsed since the new arrange- 
ment was put into operation, and the Trustees feel it to be their 
duty to communicate to the public, in a responsible shape, the 
result of their undertaking. To enable them to do this with sa- 
tisfaction, their committees have given a strict attention to the 
repeated examinations that have been applied to the several 
classes in the College, conducted with an impartiality of which 
none could complain, and a rigour which precluded all possi- 
bility of delusion. From such information and periodical reports 
of the faculty, the Trustees are warranted in thus expressing 
their full approbation of the faithfulness and diligence of both the 
teachers and pupils; their entire satisfaction with the condition 
of the College; and their increased confidence in its future and 
brilliant success. In the classics, nothing connected with a tho- 
rough and critical knowledge of the languages has been neglect- 
ed, but an exactness of instruction was exhibited by the stu- 
dents which could have been attained only by the highest abi- 
lity and care on the part of the professor, and a corresponding 






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diligence in the pupils. In the several branches of mathematics, 
the same readiness and precision were manifested, bespeaking a 
clear and minute understanding of the subjects. In the studies 
under the direction of the Provost, of the Professor of Natural 
Philosophy and Chemistry, and of the Assistant Professor of 
Moral Philosophy, the most decisive evidence was afforded of 
the excellence of their instruction and the fulness of their know- 
ledge; of the ability, fidelity, and zeal of the professors, as well 
as of the general industry and good conduct of the young gen- 
tlemen. The Trustees have no hesitation in saying to the public, 
that such is the vigilance with which the capacity and diligence 
of every student are observed, and his progress examined, that 
his parents may be assured that he is altogether deserving of the 
class he is associated with, and of the advancement he makes, or 
he w T ould not be suffered to retain his place in the one, or receive 
the other. 

A short view of the studies pursued at the College, will show 
the education to be obtained there, and fully justify the declara- 
tion of the Provost, that " it is an institution as broad in its prin- 
ciples, and as comprehensive in its course of instruction, as any 
College within our common country." 

In addition to the usual classical and mathematical studies of 
the Freshman Class > they will receive instruction for com- 
pleting their English education, by grammar lessons, and by 
critical readings in prose and in poetry; their knowledge of geo- 
graphy will be strengthened and enlarged; they will be exercis- 
ed in composition and rhetoric, and be made acquainted with 
Grecian and Roman antiquities. The entire services of a profes- 
sor of high attainments, are devoted to perfecting the students in 
their English education, which is deemed to be an object of pri- 
mary importance. 

The Sophomore Year will be employed in studying the ele- 
ments of natural philosophy and chemistry — history — geography, 
ancient and modern, and the elements of criticism, rhetoric, elo- 
cution, and English composition — the advanced branches of ma- 
thematics. In the classics — this class will read Cicero, Horace, 
Terence, Grseca Majora, Vol. I. and Homer's Iliad. 

The Junior Class will read the Art of Poetry, Juvenal, Per- 
seus, Livy, and Graeca Majora, Vol. II. They will be instructed 
in logic, moral philosophy, English composition, and forensic 
discussions, natural philosophy and chemistry, the use of the 
globes and the construction of maps and charts; higher algebra, 
analytical geometry, including conic sections, differential calcu- 
lus, (fluxions.) 

The Senior Class will read Longinus, Tacitus, and review 
or complete the former authors in Greek and Latin. In mathe- 



matics, integral calculus, analytical dynamics, with the applica- 
tion of physical astronomy, optics, astronomy, courses of natural 
philosophy and chemistry, the evidences of natural and revealed 
religion, metaphysics, natural and political law, elocution, com- 
position, and forensic discussions. 

Instructors eminently qualified for teaching the French, Spa- 
nish, and German languages, are attached to the University. 

Theinternalpoliceand government of the College is asubject on 
which parents and pupils will naturally be anxious to be inform- 
ed; and is one of no small difficulty, if we may judge from the 
disturbances which have so frequently broken the peace, and in- 
terrupted the studies of our seminaries of learning. The opi- 
nions and principles of the Provost, as delivered in his inaugu- 
ral address, are entirely adopted by the Trustees, and will be 
given in his own language: — •" The discipline of a College is the 
most difficult, and, at the same time, the most material part of 
its economy. The youth of our charge, while they strenuously 
assert the claim to be treated as men, are apt, very often, to 
conduct themselves like boys. To curb the volatility of youth 
with the rein of decision and judgment; to induce the student to 
respect others, by making him respect himself; to destroy the 
temptation to folly by a full occupation of the time; to combine 
in our intercourse with the young men the firmness of the go- 
vernor and the dignity of the teacher, with the affability of the 
associate and the interest of a friend — these are the principles of 
that government which it is proposed to establish. The cords of 
discipline will be tightened. A close adherence to the rules of 
the College, in respect to diligence, attention, and deportment, 
will be exacted from every individual; and exacted, too, not 
from the mere desire of rigour, but from a much higher princi^ 
pie — from the conscientious conviction that we owe it to the 
young men themselves; to the parents and guardians who shall 
entrust them to our care; and to the character of the University, 
to pursue, in regard to these points, a temperate but decided and 
undeviating course." 

The system of discipline, here promised, has been firmly and 
faithfully adhered to, and its good effects daily manifested. 
There has been but little cause of complaint in the conduct of 
any of the students, and no serious infraction of the laws of the 
institution. While the high and honourable feelings of the young 
gentlemen are appealed to for their good behaviour, and they are 
induced "to respect others by making them respect them- 
selves," and severer remedies are at hand when these shall fail; 
while they are provoked to disorder by no unjust or unreasona- 
ble irritation, and tempted to it by no prospect of advantage or 
desirable distinction, the trustees are convinced the College has 



nothing to fear from individual turbulence or dangerous combi- 
nations among the students. 

The location of this University certainly offers important be- 
nefits, not only to the inhabitants of our city, but also to parents 
who may find it necessary to send their children from home for 
education. The regular habits and manners of this community; 
the refinement of its society; the public libraries, museums, and 
academies; the abundant and accessible means of obtaining in- 
formation upon every subject of human knowledge and interest; 
the excellence of the teachers in all the modern languages and 
the ornamental departments of education, present inducements 
of the highest character to select it as a place of education in its 
largest and best sense. 

With a view to a more perfect supervision and regulation of 
the deportment of students from abroad, as well as from a care- 
ful regard for their health and comfort, it is contemplated to es- 
tablish or select for them, good boarding-houses, which shall be 
under the inspection of the Provost, who will occasionally look 
to the habits and conduct of the young men, and take care that 
full justice be done to them in their treatment and accommoda- 
tion. 

The building heretofore occupied by the College, after a care- 
ful examination, aided by the faculty, and the best architectural 
information that could be obtained, was found to be wholly un- 
suitable for the purposes of such an institution, and incapable of 
affording the accommodations that are indispensable. Nor could 
this be effected by any alterations in this building, which, after 
great expenditures, would leave us an imperfect, inconvenient, 
and insufficient edifice. It was, therefore, after a mature delibe- 
ration, determined to erect a new building corresponding exter- 
nally with that erected for the medical school. The new build- 
ing is in a rapid progress, and will be ready to receive the classes 
in the next summer. In the meantime the duties of the Semi- 
nary are performed in the old College in Fourth street. 

The Trustees are highly gratified to witness that the renova- 
tion of the institution is already perceived and acknowledged by 
the public, whose returning confidence to it is manifested by an 
increase of the number of pupils, greater than was anticipated by 
the most sanguine at so early a period, and by the cheering voice 
of approbation and encouragement which reach them from every 
quarter. Complete success is no longer considered to be doubtful; 
and the University of Pennsylvania will again stand eminentamong 
the seminaries of learning of the United States. The legislature of 
the state will be gratified to see the funds bestowed upon this 
venerable institution employed in diffusing knowledge and vir- 
tue among her citizens; in forming great and enlightened men, 



and shedding honour on its patrons; and Philadelphia will be 
proud to be the seat of so much usefulness. 

William White, Nicholas Biddle, 

Edward Burd, Charles Chauncey, 

William Rawle, Joseph Hopkinson, 

James Gibson, Joseph R. Ingersoll, 

Horace Binney, Philip F. Mayer, 

William Meredith, Philip H. Nicklin, 

Benjamin Chew, Henry U. Onderdonk, 

Robert Waln, Robert Walsh, Jr. 

John Sergeant, John C. Lowber, 

Thomas Cadwalader, Thomas H. Skinner, 

Peter S. Duponceau, James C. Biddle, Secre- 
Zaccheus Collins, tary and treasurer. 

Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1829. 

The Rev. Dr. James P. Wilson, and Benjamin R. Morgan, 
Esq. trustees, whose names are not among those subscribed to 
the address, are absent from the city. 



ABSTRACT OF REGULATIONS. 

The students are distributed into four classes, viz. 

The Senior Class. 

The Junior Class. 

The Sophomore Class. 

The Freshman Class. 
No applicant can be admitted into the Freshman Class under 
the age of 14; any special exception shall be decided by the 
Board upon the application of the Professors. His fitness must 
appear on examination, to be conducted by and in the presence 
of a majority of the Professors, who must concur in opinion that 
he is qualified in such branches of mathematics, and in such La- 
tin and Greek authors, as shall be prescribed by the Board. 

Requisites for Admission into the Freshman Class. 

Latin. — Cesar, Virgil, Sallust, Odes of Horace. 

Greek — New Testament, the four Gospels, Acts, and the 
Epistles of Peter. Xenophon, first three books. Grseca Minora, 
or Jacob's Greek Reader. 

Quantity and scanning in each language. 

Arithmetic, including fractions and the extraction of roots. 

The elements of English Grammar and of Modern Geography. 

No student is admitted to advanced standing without the ful- 
lest preparation for the class into which he applies for admission. 



COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN THE COLLEGE. 

FRESHMAN CLASS. 

With the Prof, of Ma- C Arithmetic reviewed. Algebra, to quadratic equa- 
thematics. (_ tions inclusive. Euclid's Elements of Geometry. 

Txr.,7 .7 ti r j? r CHorace, (Odes reviewed and Satires.) GrsecaMajora, 

With the Prof, of Lan-\ y<? , .£ Epictetus- Latin and Greek exercises. 
giiages. £ Roman and Grecian antiquities. 

With the Assistant Pro- C English Grammar and Geography reviewed. Grammar 
fessor of Moral Philo- *\ of Rhetoric. Readings in Prose and Poetry. Written 
sophy. C. translations from ancient authors. Declamation. 

SOPHOMORE CLASS. 

f Elements of Algebra and Geometry completed. Ap- 

7TT'4i *i t> e f tut \ plication of Algebra to Geometry. Plane Trigono- 

th t' \ metry ' (the demonstrations analytically.) Survey- 

ttiematics. ing" and Mensuration. Spherical Geometry and 

V, Trigonometry. 

TCicero, ( de officiis et de oratore. J Terence. Cicero's 
With the Prof of LanA Orations. Horace's Epistles. GnecaMajora, Vol. I. 
guages. | completed. Homer's Iliad. Latin and Greek ex- 

L ercises. 

With the Prof, of Nat C E i eme nts of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry. 

Jrniios. ana Lstiem. (_ 
With the Assist. Prof. C History. Rhetoric. Elements of Criticism. Elocu^ 

ofMor. Philos. £ tion. English Composition. 

JUNIOR CLASS. 

f Perspective Geography, including the use of globes 

With the Prof of Ma- J and construction of maps and charts. Higher Alge- 

{hematics. \ bra. Analytical Geometry, including conic sec-? 

^ tions. Differential Calculus, (Fluxions.) 

With the Prof, of Lan- C Art of Poetry. Juvenal. Perseus. Livy. Grzeca Ma- 

guages. \ jora, Vol. 2. 

r Mechanics — The doctrines of rest and motion as ap* 

With the Prof of Nat.) plied to solids and fluids. Application to machines, 

Philos. and Chem. j Physics. — Electricity. Magnetism. Electro-magnet- 

L ism. Chemistry. 

With the Assist. Prof. C History and Criticism continued. Moral Philosophy. 

of Mor. Philos. £ Logic. English Composition. Forensic discussions. 

SENIOR CLASS. 

C Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion. Meta^ 
With the Provost. < physics. Natural and Political Law. English com? 

£ position. Forensic discussions. 
With the Prof of Ma- C Integral Calculus. Analytical Dynamics, with the ap- 

thematics. \ plication to physical astronomy. 

With the Prof, of Lan- C Former authors reviewed or completed. Longinus. 

guages. I Tacitus. 

With the Prof of ito.C Physics - °^ C f' ^ s S°.? 0my ; General review of the 
Philos. and Chem. > T^ N^™ 08 * Chemistry complet 
C ed. Elements of Mineralogy and Geology. 

Spanish, French, and German, may be pursued if required by parents. 



There are three terms in each year, beginning respectively on 
the 15th of September, the 7th of January, and the 1st of May. 

The tuition money is twenty dollars per term, payable in ad- 
vance. No student is entitled to a place in the class until the 
tuition money is paid. 

Each class has three recitations each day, (except Saturday, 
when each class recites once,) and the Freshman Class recites 
four additional hours in each week. 

The three junior classes recite both morning and afternoon. 

The students of each class are arranged in the order of merit 
at the end of each term. 

Defective students are not allowed to proceed to a higher 
class, and incompetent students are dismissed from the institu- 
tion. 

Public examinations of the classes are held at the close of each 
term. 

There are three vacations, two of a fortnight each, and one of 
six weeks from the 1st of August. 

A public commencement for conferring degrees is held on the 
31st of July, unless that day fall on Sunday, in which case it is 
held on the preceding Saturday. * 

Number of students when the present faculty took charge 
of the College 21 

Number admitted since 90 

Professors in the Collegiate Department. 

The Rev. WILLIAM H. DE LANCEY, D. D. Provost and Professor of Moral 
Philosophy. 

ROBERT ADRAIN, L. L. D. Vice Provost and Professor of Mathematics. 

The Rev. SAMUEL B. WYLIE, D. D. Professor of Ancient Languages. 

ALEXANDER DALLAS BACHE, Esq. Professor of Natural Philosophy and 
Chemistry. 

The Rev. EDWARD RUTLEDGE, A. M. Assistant Professor of Moral Phi- 
losophy, having charge of the Department of English Literature. 

A. D. BACHE, Secretary of the Faculty* 

AUGUSTUS DE VALVILLE, Esq. Instructor in the French Language, 
AUGUSTUS WILLIS, Esq. Instructor in the Spanish Language. 



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